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Capsule Art reviews: "Bert L. Long Jr: An Odyssey," "Cats, Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All," "A chain of non-events," "Cruz Ortiz: I Speak Lightning," "Farewell Ruins: Julia Haft-Candell and Julia Kunin"

Capsule ARt Reviews: "Cruz Ortiz: I Speak Lightning," "Farewell Ruins: Julia Haft-Candell and Julia Kunin," "Janice Jakielski: Constructing Solitude," "John Cage: Prints, Drawings, and a Music Box," "Jonathan Leach: Time Does Not Exist Here," "Lisa L

Capsule Art Reviews: "Cruz Ortiz: I Speak Lightning," "Farewell Ruins: Julia Haft-Candell and Julia Kunin," "Greg Miller: Over Time," "Joshua Goode: Origin of Myth," "Kathryn Kelley: "The uncontrollable nature of grief and forgiveness (or lack of)"

Dumplings to Die for at Charivari

The best of continental cuisine all in one beautiful, good mix.

The Destiny's Child Compilation Beyoncé Doesn't Want You to Hear

With all the excitement buzzing around the rumored Destiny's Child reunion during Beyoncé's Super Bowl Halftime set on Sunday, one could be forgiven for picking up a copy of the iconic girl group's latest compilation album, the imaginatively titled Love Songs. After all, it includes a whole stack o ... More >>

My Favorite Birthday Meal: Chicken Paprikas

Nothing says nostalgia like your birthday. Each year, my mom would make my brother, sister and me our favorite meals for our respective birthday dinners. I'd get super pissed when it was my sister's -- Pork Chops and Apple Sauce (though I love it now) -- and semi-excited when it was my brother's -- ... More >>

5 Essential Foods for a Lucky, Healthy, Prosperous New Year, with Recipes

All throughout the world, different cultures have their own way of celebrating and ushering in the New Year. (And, of course, not everyone celebrates the New Year on January 1.) And while most Texans are familiar with the idea of having a pot of black-eyed peas or Hoppin' John on New Year's Day, the ... More >>

Top 10 Restaurants in Midtown

Although Midtown may be more well-known for its bars and late-night clubs, there isn't a shortage of good food to be found -- even if the neighborhood is steadily losing many of the Vietnamese restaurants that once saturated the area. In keeping with Midtown's current incarnation as the drinking-ou ... More >>

Fit for a King

A Pearland biergarten serves up tasty Austrian-German food and lots of fun.

A July 4 Playlist That Goes Boom!

July 4 is truly America's national holiday, because it combines two of the country's grandest traditions: Taking the day off work and blowing shit up. Because freedom isn't free, fireworks and other explosives are embedded in America's formative myths and our national character. Also, they're pretty ... More >>

Touring Taste of Dance Salad

Things Go Boom in Avengers

Superheroes bump superegos in Joss Whedon's all-star film.

Whack a Mole

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy takes us back to the Cold War.

Bartender Chat: Marcus Gausepohl of CHA Champagne & Wine Bar

​I had passed CHA Champagne & Wine Bar on Waugh across from Whole Foods so many times but hadn't stopped in until this week. I was in a celebratory mood because I'd gotten 90 percent of my Christmas shopping done on Cyber Monday and felt I deserved a pat on the back glass of Champagne. A frien ... More >>

Ana Popovic

Joseph Haydn: The Travels of His Purloined Noggin

Ludwig Guttenbrunn​The old joke goes something like this: "Why couldn't they find Beethoven's teacher?" "Because he was Haydn?" "No, because they stole his freakin' skull and passed it around for phrenologist to fondle!" Ok, the old joke stops before the decapitation of one of the greates ... More >>

What the Hell Is a Churkey?

bbc.comMy, those little turkens sure do look delicious!​What has the body of a chicken, the head of a turkey, and is bred for its skills in magic? Okay, so that last one's a rip on Napoleon Dynamite, but there really is such a beast, originating in the far corners of Eastern Europe. Recently ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Bus Stop, Gee's Bend, Triple Focus, Weekend with Pablo Picasso

Top 5 Must-Haves in a Killer Wine Bar

boo_licious​Call it my wine bar intuition. Sometimes, a place just doesn't sit right with me. Lately I've been thinking about why that is. Generating a successful wine bar means much more than meeting the general requirements of wine service, such as knowledgeable staff and proper storage. Qu ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Chess, Driving Miss Daisy, Sleuth, The Waiting Room

Atari Teenage Riot's Empire

Techno-punks have a new MC and a new message.

Hot Hungarian Gyulai Kolbasz

​An Eastern European friend gave me some Gyulai salami recently. My kids won't eat it, and neither will my dog. But I love the stuff. It is the hottest salami I have ever encountered. The one I tried is made by Bende Meats, a company just outside of Chicago that specializes in Hungarian produc ... More >>

Trying to feed the homeless? Not so fast! Meanwhile, METRO blows $80K congratulating itself.

Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

Help A Brother Out For Peace

​Heading into work this morning, we noticed two guys walking down Milam who we assumed were either crazy American or regular German tourists.They looked like twins and were dressed identically, each sporting a frame backpack with a bedroll attached to the top. We didn't think much of it, until the ... More >>

Michael Jackson: Magic Moments With The King Of "Alleged"

It's a sure bet that when Neil Armstrong dies, coverage will be limited to a two minute retrospective culminating with "One small step for man..." playing over his official NASA photo. Meanwhile, CNBC today is still reporting on the "financial impact of Michael Jackson's death." One walked on the m ... More >>

For Memorial Day, Part 2: One Vet's Journey Back To Pearl Harbor

The Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, and Nicolas Maershbecker's ship was stuck. Maershbecker was an engineer on the USS Perry, a high-speed minesweeper, and responsible for starting the boilers in the engine room. He couldn't, though, because the ship's smokestacks were still blocked by ... More >>

The United Nations of Food at Phoenicia Specialty Foods

The Keller Quartet

Hungary's most respected classical music performers stop off in Houston on their way to Carnegie Hall

Final Thoughts on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Kaki King does NOT live up to the Hungarian translation of her name

Miss Pop Rocks: Kellie Pickler is Dumb But So Haaaawt, Y’all

Various Artists

Putumayo Presents Gypsy Groove

Beauty Amid the Horror

Fateless paints a stunning portrait of a Jewish teen's death camp survival

Mild Wilde

A Good Woman would benefit from a good actor or two

Texas Burger Binge

Our food critic reports on the state of the Texas burger -- and recommends 18 you need to try immediately

The Killers vs. the Killers

How do these pretty boys stack up against some real dealers of death?

He's So Klute

Tom Withers drops his drum 'n' bass on Clark's

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Fly Spy

Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

Tipsy Gypsies

Gogol Bordello combines Balkan folk traditions with a theater of anarchy

Warmed Over

Plus: Shoe Scuff, Stand Up, Broiler Steam

For the Love of Sauerkraut

Somehow a restaurant from the Black Forest finds its way to Midtown

Letters

Shell Game, Desperately Seeking Susan, Hungary for Tex-Mex

But Seriously...

The Danube

News of the Weird

Hungarian Horror

Talking heads handicap the opening of this Holocaust documentary

Nuit Prowler

In the 1930s, Paris was quite a city. And Brassai was quite a photographer.

News of the Weird

Schmatz Move

A restaurant aims to conquerHouston with Austrian open-faced sandwiches

Going Batty

Ballet's sensual Dracula is deep, dark and a bit clotted